Title
America'S Obsessives: The Compulsive Energy That Built A Nation
Delivery time: 8-12 business days (International)
When Most Of Us Think Of Charles Lindbergh, We Picture A Dashing Twentyfiveyearold Aviator Stepping Out Of The Spirit Of St. Louis After Completing His Solo Flight Across The Atlantic. What We Don'T See Is The Awkward High School Student, Who Preferred Ogling New Gadgets At The Hardware Store To Watching Girls Walk By In Their Summer Dresses. Sure, Lindbergh'S Unique Mindset Invented The Preflight Checklist, But His Obsession With Order Also Led Him To Demand That His Wife And Three German Mistresses Account For All Their Household Expenditures In Detailed Ledgers.Lucky Lindy Is Just One Of Several American Icons Whom Joshua Kendall Puts On The Psychologist'S Couch In America'S Obsessives. In This Fascinating Look At The Arc Of American History Through The Lens Of Compulsive Behavior, He Shows How Some Of Our Nation'S Greatest Achievementsfrom The Declaration Of Independence To The Invention Of The Iphonehave Roots In The Disappointments And Frustrations Of Early Childhood. Starting With The Obsessive Natures Of Some Of Silicon Valley'S Titans, Including Steve Jobs, Kendall Moves On To Profile Seven Iconic Figures, Such As Founding Father Thomas Jefferson, Licentious Librarian Melvil Dewey, Condiment Kingpin H. J. Heinz, Slugger Ted Williams, And Estee Lauder. This Last Personality Was So Obsessed With Touching Other Women'S Faces That She Transformed Her Compulsion Into A Multibilliondollar Cosmetics Corporation.Entertaining And Instructive, Kendall Offers Up A Few Scoops Along The Way: Little Do Most Americans Know That Charles Lindbergh, Under The Alias Clark Kent, Sired Seven Children With His Three German Wives. As Lindbergh'S Daughter Reeve Told Kendall, Now I Know Why He Was Gone So Much. I Also Understand Why He Was Delighted When I Was Learning German.
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